Nka Belinsky lines up a shot at a Please Be Nice tournament at 4100 Bar in Silver Lake. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) In the summer of 2023, Alix Max, new to town with a cigarette in their ...

In the summer of 2023, Alix Max, new to town with a cigarette in their mouth, was shooting pool on the patio of 4100 Bar in Silver Lake. They were pretty good too — good enough to catch the eye of two ...

Being a professional billiards champion and entrepreneur -- a restaurateur no less - it's no surprise Ramona Biddle is willing to take a gamble. Her latest wager? She's betting that by spending money ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Monday is International Women's Day, and Google is already celebrating. This is Sunday's Google Doodle. It celebrates Masako Katsura, also known as "The First Lady of Billiards.

Iranian sports authorities say they have banned five female billiards players from competing for a year for allegedly violating Islamic codes of conduct during a tournament in China. The Iranian ...

Women cueists would get a maiden opportunity to prove their prowess in any mutli-discipline event when they compete for the two gold medals on offer at the 2006 Doha Asian Games. The Asian Games Cue ...

The pool tables at the Lake Elsinore Senior Center have beendominated by men for years —- but no longer. Tired of seeing only men huddled around the tables hitting thecolored balls around, senior ...

Sept. 30 -- — Brunswick Billiards President John E. Stransky still shudders when he recalls seeing tired billiards tables stacked three high in a fluorescent-lit showroom in 1998. "You wouldn't see ...